Interviewed for a role at a top 100 firm and they told me they do 200 deals per year and usually their deals take about 2 weeks from start to finish. Is this realistic for a firm with 215m total revenue? Seems completely insane

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Probably all really small one offs with little to no complexity if they’re actually doing that volume

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Top 100 bro? Find a different shop

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Probably just giving a strongbox output, or meeting and a high level QofE/NWC output.

Seen so many firms just passing on adjustments and giving an NQ rather than doing actual work

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